After visiting several locations known to be red-light districts, the
Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) through its secretary
for social development, Mrs Blessing Onuh, announced a “total ban” on
prostitution throughout the nation’s capital city. A 48-hour ultimatum
was issued for all women of easy virtue to vacate the city and quit the
job “because they constitute a nuisance in the city”.
She added a fatwa on their male patrons who ruined “some of the girls [who] are under-aged”.
Other severe measures were lined up; security agencies actually combed
some of the red-light districts and made several arrests. But rather
than the scourge abating, it appears undying like the proverbial
phoenix.
Prostitution in Abuja has metamorphosed from the conventional sedentary practice in local brothels to a sophisticated cartel of “runs babes” and the corporate realm. The “executive” type now holds in many luxury hotels in the Abuja metropolis and the exquisite homes of the super-rich.
Prostitution in Abuja has metamorphosed from the conventional sedentary practice in local brothels to a sophisticated cartel of “runs babes” and the corporate realm. The “executive” type now holds in many luxury hotels in the Abuja metropolis and the exquisite homes of the super-rich.
Notorious spots include Port Harcourt Crescent, off Gimbiya Street,
Garki; Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent and Sheraton Junction in Wuse II; and
virtually all the discotheques. Even in poor neighbourhoods like
Nyanyan, Mararaba and Gwagwa, little girls have joined the illicit
trade. They parade a horde of half-nude girls and women of various ages
and sizes brazenly exposing themselves, while openly and desperately
beckoning on motorists and passers-by to pick them for the night.